Kung Fu Cinema Double Bill: The Mystery of Chess Boxing + Shaolin Vs Wu Tang
18 200 mins
18 200 mins
Kung Fu Cinema at the Ritzy
Enjoy new & classic martial arts films supported by action shorts films,
+ before the films enjoy 2 hrs of retro gaming competition fun, classic hip-hop beats, networking & more all in the bar.
Friday 6th June
Presenting a special double-bill of classic Kung Fu films honouring the
cultural phenomenon of 1980’s Friday late night Kung fu cinema
Times:
6.00pm – 7.55pm: Kung Fu Cinema Dojo (Gaming/Music/Fun in the bar).
8.00pm: Film/s 1 (The Mystery of Chess Boxing + short film Tiger Cop)
9.43pm: Toilet Break (7 mins)
9.50pm: Film 2 (Shaolin Vs Wu Tang)
11.21pm: Finish
Film 1: The Mystery of Chess Boxing
The stars and the director of Seven Grandmasters reunite for this action-packed genre classic, Mystery Of Chess Boxing.
Lee Yi Min stars as an eager young kung fu student who seeks to improve his fighting skills with an aim to avenge his father's murder at the hands of the Ghost Face Killer, an overwhelming force of destruction and master of the death-dealing Five Element Fist.
Lee Yi Min's eagerness to study attracts the attention of the Master Of Chess Boxing, Jack Long, who is the Ghost Face Killer's arch enemy.
Together, master and student devise a wicked cross fertilization of the Chess Boxing and Five Element Fist styles and set out to put an end to Ghost Face's deadly reign.
When first released on New York's 42nd Street, the movie caused near riots and played for two years. Chess Boxing found even more fame when the hip hop band Wu Tang Clan adapted the film for their music.
Starring: Mark Long, Jack Lung, Yuen Siu-Tien and Lee Yi Min
Director: Joseph Kuo
HK / 1979 / 90 mins / 18
Film 2: Shaolin vs Wu Tang
The film tells the story of two friends from the different but historically tied schools of Shaolin and Wu Tang, now rivals. The two friends are manipulated into fighting each other by a conniving lord. This lord seeks to learn their martial arts styles and eliminate all rivals, pitting the friends against one another to achieve his goal.
Starring: Gordon Liu, Adam Cheng, Idy Chan, Johnny Wang, Chan Shen, Kwan Hoi-san, Elvis Tsui & Lee Hoi-san
Directed by: Gordon Lui
Produced by: Lar Kar-leung
HK/1983 / 91 mins / 15
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